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Down and Out in Paris and London
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In late 1927, at the age of twenty-four, George Orwell relocated to a tiny flat on London''s Portobello Road, and from there embarked on a series of exploratory "tramping" expeditions to the city''s East End, then a place of great squalor and deprivation. Later he moved to Paris''s bohemian Latin Quarter, where, in early 1929, during a bout of serious illness, he was the victim of a robbery that left him in a state of near destitution, forcing him to work punishing hours in a series of menial jobs, including as a restaurant dishwasher. These real-life experiences laid the foundations for what would be the young writer''s first full-length work.Populated by a troupe of colourful characters, replete with penetrating observations and cast in the limpid prose that would become Orwell''s hallmark, Down and Out in Paris and London - published by Victor Gollancz in 1933 - provides both an invaluable historical snapshot and an insight into the perennial social evils of inequality, poverty and alienation.>

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Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and journalist, whose most famous works include the novella Animal Farm, and the classic dystopia 1984.


Product details

Authors George Orwell
Publisher Alma Books
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 26.09.2024
Subject Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
 
EAN 9781847499271
ISBN 978-1-84749-927-1
Pages 256
Dimensions (packing) 12.6 x 19.8 x 2 cm
 
Series Alma Classics
Subjects SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness
Narrative theme: Social issues
Poverty and precarity
 

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